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the tribune 35000 copies vol 3 no 49 a metroland community newspaper saturday december 5 1987 56 pages 25 cents judge sinks sing reelection likely in jeopardytories by jim thomas sine is sunk this is the feeling of influential tories in whitchurch- stouffville including charles warden a former ward 1 coun- cillor mr warden told the weekender he isnt at all surprised with the decision handed down by justice william parker of the ontario supreme court he called it a horrendous situation that only worsens as the yorkpeel mp continues to plead his innocence hes digging himself in deeper warden said justice parker cited 14 separate occasions in which stevens was considered to have been in a position of real conflict of interest as well the report finds stevens blind trust was not in fact blind and that he remained knowledgeable about his personal assets while a member of cabinet the report concludes that stevens demonstrated a com plete disregard for the requirements of the guidelines and code and the standard of conduct expected of public officeholders mr warden feels sinclair stevens position as mp for the riding of yorkpeel is in jeopardy hes still wellliked in his own neighborhood but in the long run this will sink him warden thinks mr stevens is convinced in his own mind he did nothing wrong the evidence is plain anyone who gains or stands to gain by his position is in conflict warden contends he notes that even the prime minister is in agreement with the parker decision as the situation stands justice parkers chastisement of mr stevens does not constitute a criminal offense mr warden states perhaps it should be he adds the former town councillor admits the temptations are great even moreso at the provincial and federal levels than municipal this is only a small thing he says its going on all the time mr warden says he cant bring himself to believe norrine stevens could arrange a loan of several million dollars without her husbands knowledge he said he thought this at the time of the hearing and his opinion hasnt changed what bothers warden greatly is the fact taxpayers must cover the cost of the hearing he notes however that should mr stevens follow through on his decision to appeal it would be at his own expense sinclair stevens plans to do just that at least he indicated this in comments to the media thursday the decision is reviewable he said with respect to mr mulroneys support of justice parkers findings mr stevens said this was merely a news release and not the prime minsters words verbatim he described his meeting with mr mulroney as friendly i still deny i did anything wrong mr stevens continued he claimed the case was hyped by the media an aura was created he stated its his feeling the hearing should have been handled in a more subdued and responsible way at the conclusion of an interview with cfrbs ottawa corres pondent john stall mr stevens said i live with the reality that so much can be made of so little sinclair stevens mp for the riding of yorkpeel wasnt smiling thursday when justice william parker handed down his decision citing 14 incidents of conflict of interest whats inside ha hut huang masters three painting techni ques41 directory comment p4 editors mail p5 and 9 church page p20 21 real estate p22 to 35 entertainment p17 to 19 sports p 43 to 44 classified p46 to 55 terry karaim is tops with catamaran43 his